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上海市金山区金山中学2020-2021学年高二上学期英语期中试卷
Music produces profound and lasting changes in the brain. Schools should add classes, not cut them. Nearly 20 years ago a small study advanced the 1 that listening to Mozart's Sonata could boost mental functioning. It was not long 2 trademarked "Mozart effect" products appealed to anxious parents aiming to put toddlers (刚学步的孩子) on the fast track to the famous universities like Harvard and Yale. Georgia's governor even 3 giving every newborn there a classical CD or cassette.
The 4 for Mozart therapy turned out to be weak, perhaps nonexistent, although the 5 study never claimed anything more than a temporary and limited effect. In recent years, 6, scientists have examined the benefits of a continuous effort to study and practice music, as opposed to playing a Mozart CD or a computer-based "brain fitness" game 7 in a while.
Advanced monitoring 8 have enabled scientists to see what happens inside your head when you listen to your mother and actually practice the violin for an hour every afternoon. And they have found that music 9 can produce profound and lasting changes that 10 the general ability to learn. These results should 11 public officials that music classes are not a mere decoration, ready for being given up in the budget crises that constantly troubles public schools.
Studies have shown 12 instrument training from an early age can help the brain to 13 sounds better, making it 14 to stay focused when absorbing other subjects, from literature to mathematics. The musically experienced are better able to 15 a biology lesson despite the noise in the classroom or, a few years later, to finish a call with a client when a colleague in the next office starts screaming at a subordinate (下属). They can be engaged in several things at once, which is an essential skill in this era of multitasking.
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